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Grocer 33Waitrose Romsey: Grocer 33 store of the week
Store manager Kate Slater on heatwave sales, the ‘Eton Mess town’ and giving customers choice
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Grocer 33‘Quick and efficient’ store delivers win for Waitrose
Despite being this week’s smallest store, Waitrose performed best on availability
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NewsWaitrose expands offers to Uber Eats for loyalty members
MyWaitrose members can now access offers on their on demand orders, if they link their MyWaitrose and Uber Eats accounts
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NewsWaitrose to open first new supermarket for seven years near Bristol
It’s the first new supermarket Waitrose has confirmed since it kicked off its latest store investment plan last year, and will be the first new ‘full line’ shop to be opened since its Evesham store in 2018.
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NewsJohn Lewis waters down WFH rules in order to improve ‘collaboration’
Members of its commercial and buying teams will need to work from a John Lewis office, store or visit a supplier at least three days a week
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NewsJohn Lewis poaches M&S marketing director to be new chief customer officer
John Lewis has poached M&S’s marketing director to be its new chief customer officer
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NewsWaitrose and Co-op slam rivals for breaking meat sourcing commitments
Waitrose said sourcing imported beef ‘undermined the industry’s credibility with the farming community’
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Comment & OpinionWaitrose: British farmers need support from supermarkets
As British farmers grapple with rising costs, labour challenges and policy uncertainty, it’s disappointing to see retailers backing away from their promises, says Jake Pickering of Waitrose
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Grocer 33Waitrose Lichfield: Grocer 33 store of the week
‘We don’t want anyone to be better at service than us’
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Grocer 33Waitrose Lichfield lifts the trophy with top availability
Waitrose also excelled on shop floor service in a ‘pleasant shop’ overall
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NewsMajor UK supermarkets back Tesco’s call for mandatory health reporting
Almost all major UK supermarkets have backed Tesco in calling for the government to introduce mandatory reporting on the healthiness of products
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NewsPact Coffee responds to growing decaf trend with speciality-grade pods
The pods are the only speciality-grade decaf coffee listed by Waitrose
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NewsWaitrose to bring back store forums following JLP democratic shake-up
JLP also plans to shrink its partnership council as part of a shake-up of its democratic structure
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NewsM&S grocery sales growth slowed dramatically after cyberattack, data suggests
Previously unpublished NIQ data suggests M&S sales growth slowed to just 0.8% in the four weeks to 17 May
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NewsWaitrose letting shoppers ‘borrow’ reusable cups in latest hot drinks trial
Waitrose shoppers have seven days to return the reusable cup to store, or will be charged £3 for failing to do so
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Grocer 33Waitrose Horsham: Grocer 33 store of the week
Store manager Piers Johnson on the challenges of benefits of working in a combined Waitrose and John Lewis store
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Grocer 33Displays and ‘helpful’ staff win at Waitrose Horsham
An attractive wine display and considerate staff impressed our shopper
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NewsWaitrose expands Ottolenghi range with new pantry staples
The new ’flavour-packed’ ambient products are the latest edition to Waitrose’s flagship partnership with Yotam Ottolenghi
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NewsJohn Lewis determined to reinstate bonus ‘as soon as possible’ amid staff campaign
’Thousands’ of current and former partners have called on John Lewis to reinstate its annual bonus
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NewsTighten rules on charity cash collection in stores, supermarkets told
The Fundraising Regular wants to prevent ’bad actors’ from defrauding shoppers by posing as charity collectors.